{"id":18,"date":"2022-07-20T20:08:14","date_gmt":"2022-07-20T20:08:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/career-services\/?page_id=18"},"modified":"2026-03-26T23:10:27","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T23:10:27","slug":"career-exploration","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/career-services\/career-exploration\/","title":{"rendered":"Career Exploration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Whether you are exploring majors or searching for information about your chosen field, we provide resources to help you in your decision-making process.&nbsp;Take an online assessment, explore our resources, or schedule an appointment to help you find the right career match for you.<\/p>\n<p><button><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/austincc.edu\/careerready\/appointments\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Request an Appointment<\/a><\/button><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Beginning your career exploration journey?<\/h3>\n<p>If you are undecided on your major or area of interest, start with taking an assessment on Career Coach! No ACC email or ID is required &#8211; this career interest assessment is open to everyone.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/austincc.lightcastcc.com\/assessment?region=Austin-Round%20Rock,%20TX&amp;radius=\">Take the Career Interest Assessment Now<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">FOCUS-2: Online self-assessment<\/h3>\n<p>FOCUS-2 is ACC\u2019s online career and education planning system for helping you choose a major, build your career goals, and learn job information. <\/p>\n<p><em>NOTE: The FOCUS-2 platform has been updated for Spring 2024. Please be aware that some instructions and videos will contain images of the former platform. Updated materials and videos will be posted soon.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Create a new account using your official ACCmail account and the Focus 2 access code (<strong>Riverbat<\/strong>). Use this&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1C_gyoycFWa57vtbV5CMRhXyqaUEcGXVq\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Quick Start Guide<\/a>&nbsp;for account set-up assistance.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ACCESS CODE: Riverbat<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><button><a href=\"https:\/\/www.focus2career.com\/Portal\/Login.cfm?SID=1069\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Start FOCUS-2<\/a><\/button><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"list\"><p class=\"trigger\"><a href=\"#\">FOCUS2 Video Series<\/a><\/p><div class=\"toggle_container\"><div class=\"block\"><\/p>\n<p><em>NOTE: The FOCUS-2 platform has been updated for Spring 2024. Please be aware that some instructions and videos will contain images of the former platform. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/9Qvqqi6NCzM?si=_3GcO4eHt3Ll6uTh\">FOCUS2 Video Overview<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Major &amp; Career Exploration<\/h2>\n<p><div class=\"list\"><p class=\"trigger\"><a href=\"#\">Career Coach<\/a><\/p><div class=\"toggle_container\"><div class=\"block\"><\/p>\n<p>Find a career that\u2019s right for you based on relevant information from the labor market.&nbsp;Learn more with the help of data on wages, growth, daily tasks, job postings, skills, and employers.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/austincc.emsicc.com\/?radius=&amp;region=Austin-Round%20Rock%2C%20TX\" target=\"_blank\">Learn more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"list\"><p class=\"trigger\"><a href=\"#\">ACC Program Maps<\/a><\/p><div class=\"toggle_container\"><div class=\"block\">Austin Community College offers 10 areas of study, making it simple to plan and follow an academic path to your career success. Over 100 programs in these 10 areas lead to college credentials that include technical certificates, two-year associate degrees, and advanced technical awards.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.austincc.edu\/academic-and-career-programs\" target=\"_blank\">Learn more about Areas of Study <\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.austincc.edu\/students\/advising\/program-maps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">View Program Maps<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"list\"><p class=\"trigger\"><a href=\"#\">What Can I Do With This Major?<\/a><\/p><div class=\"toggle_container\"><div class=\"block\">What Can I Do With This Major can help you connect your majors to possible careers. Learn about typical career paths and the types of employers that hire people with each major, as well as strategies to make you a more marketable candidate. Continue your research on majors and careers through the websites provided.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/whatcanidowiththismajor.com\/major\">Learn more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Still undecided? We can help!<\/h3>\n<p>Schedule an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/austincc.edu\/careerready\/appointments\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">appointment<\/a>\u00a0with us for further assistance.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whether you are exploring majors or searching for information about your chosen field, we provide resources to help you in your decision-making process.&nbsp;Take an online assessment, explore our resources, or schedule an appointment to help &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/career-services\/career-exploration\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":56,"parent":0,"menu_order":-48,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-18","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/career-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/career-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/career-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/career-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/career-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/career-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1242,"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/career-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18\/revisions\/1242"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/career-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/career-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}